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Honour killing bill termed defective

ISLAMABAD – The Citizens Action Group has rejected the Honour Killing bill passed by the National Assembly on October 26, terming it defective and incomplete. The rejection came during a press conference on October 29. Speaking on the occasion, Kishwar Naheed, Dr Mohammad Farooq Khan and Naeem Mirza of Aurat Foundation said the bill neither […]


Sexual abuse of students

PESHAWAR – Additional District and Sessions judge Farhatullah Khan on Friday extended till Nov 3 the pre-arrest bail granted to nine former employees of a local school in a case of sexual abuse of students. The court issued directives to the prosecution to produce all relevant documents, including the report of a judicial inquiry, conducted […]


IT officials told to start e-hiring from Feb

ISLAMABAD – Federal Information Technology Minister Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on Thursday directed officials of his ministry and all its 16 subsidiary departments to start e-hiring from February next year, said an official statement. “I want the ministry and its attached departments to be role model for other ministries, public sector organizations and corporations in […]


Ibad praises passage of bill on Karo-kari

KARACHI – Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan said on October 28, that the passage of the bill on honour killing would have a reformative impact on the social fabric of Sindh , where once action against karo-kari was regarded as a social good but is now being considered as a social evil. “The passage […]


Radio channel plea against Pemra dismissed

LAHORE – Mr Justice Jamshed Ali of the Lahore High Court on Thursday dismissed a plea filed by a private radio channel against Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra). The Pemra in September last took a measure against FM103 for its re-broadcasting foreign signals of a news channel which, under the Pemra laws, was not […]


Bill to help eliminate Karo-Kari: Nilofar

ISLAMABAD – Adviser to the Prime Minister Nilofar Bakhtiar has said the bill against Karo-Kari will help eradicate the old tradition from the society and end discriminatory attitude towards women. She told a TV channel the bill will help stop killing of women in the name of ‘honour’ in the country. She termed it a […]


Reactivated mobile phone sets

KARACHI – Some repair shops in the Electronics Market, Saddar are doing a thriving business by recommissioning jammed mobile phones mainly brought by people returning from European countries. A survey conducted by the Dawn showed that some big shops located in the Electronics Market of Saddar, mainly doing business in mobile phones spare parts, were […]


Contempt of court proceedings withdrawn

LAHORE – The Lahore High Court (LHC) withdrew the contempt of court proceedings against a private TV channel as his director news submitted his unconditional apology. The court while warning the director to avoid in future from committing contempt of the court accepted his excuse and dropped the proceedings. The court had taken action against […]


Pakistani journalist gets award

KARACHI – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Reuters Foundation’s Media award 2004 for South Asia went to Pakistani journalist, Masud Ansari for his investigative report on Tasman Spirit oil spill. The IUCN and Reuters Foundation have announced the Regional winners for excellence in environmental reporting who would compete for the global prize […]


PPP deplores govt bill on Karo-kari

KARACHI – Deploring the passage of the government bill on honour killing, the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians on October 27, alleged that it amounted to condoning the horrible act. Speaking at a news conference at the Karachi Press Club, PPP MNA Sherry Rehman raised objections to the bill on honour killing presented by the government […]


HR groups oppose move to legalize jirgas

KARACHI – Three human rights organizations commenting on the provincial government’s reported step towards incorporating feudal practices into the structure of government, has termed it an attempt to create a parallel system of justice, which goes against women and the common man. No steps were taken after a jirga was held at the Chief Minister […]


Girls’ enrolment in Upper Dir up by 20pc

PESHAWAR – Enrolment in government primary schools in the Upper Dir district has increased by 20 per cent in the year 2003 after parent-teacher associations were revived under the District Education Plan for 2003-2005 , being executed by the Sarhad Rural Support Programme. A primary school teacher, Bazurg Ahmad, who is also a member of […]


Report confirms woman’s torture before rape

MULTAN – The medical examination of a woman allegedly gang-raped by some policemen the other day has confirmed that she was tortured. Reports said ‘N’ and her sister ‘S’ were abducted by a policeman, Shaukat, and his three accomplices on Tuesday afternoon in New Multan Police Station precinct. Later, the alleged culprits took the two […]


Mobile phone thefts difficult to curb

KARACHI – The increasing thefts and snatching of mobile phone sets are very difficult to check as the service providers are reluctant to make phone sets inoperative on the request of their owners. Sources in the police department said if the service providers had been using the option of blocking mobile phone sets in such […]